"In God We Trust": The Religious Beliefs and Ideas of the American Founding FathersNorman Cousins Harper, 1958 - 464 Seiten This book is about the religious beliefs and personal philosophies of the small company of young men who founded the new nation that called itself the United States of America. Much is known about their political ideas--but what about their own articles of faith and individual philosophies? This question has served as the basis for speculation and often conflicting theory, especially in connection with recurring issues facing the American people. This is the first time these materials have been brought together into a single source. In these pages they speak their minds; they also speak to the spiritual concerns of our own time. Norman Cousins has examined literally thousands of letters, personal diaries and official pronouncements in making the selections for this book. As part of each chapter, he has also written an essay on the education and general background of each man.--From publisher description. |
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... human intelligence . It provided new vitality and scope for the place of free will in the shaping of society . Men could still be different in their approach to life , government , or religion . But at least they had a new sense of the ...
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... human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered ; and the diffusion of knowl- edge , so astonishing in the last half - century , has rendered innumerable minds , variously gifted by nature , competent to be ...
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... human nature , than any they had seen in Europe , and to transmit such a government down to their posterity , with the means of securing and preserving it forever . To render the popular power in their new government as great and wise ...
... human nature , than any they had seen in Europe , and to transmit such a government down to their posterity , with the means of securing and preserving it forever . To render the popular power in their new government as great and wise ...
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THE RESPONSIVE MEN | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 16 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | 44 |
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